Historic house
House of Medici
Florence · Italy · founded 1397
The Florentine bank that financed the papacy and underwrote the Renaissance.
Family fortune
Not published
No desk publishes a consolidated family-level figure for this house.
Generations
9
Documented members
4
Industries
Banking, Statecraft, Patronage
Founders, principals and heirs
Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici
Founder · generation 1 · 1360–1429
Founded the Medici Bank in 1397.
Cosimo de' Medici
Principal · generation 2 · 1389–1464
Pater Patriae of Florence.
Lorenzo de' Medici
Principal · generation 4 · 1449–1492
Il Magnifico; patron of Botticelli and Michelangelo.
Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici
Heir · generation 9 · 1667–1743
Last of the line; bequeathed the art collection to Florence.
Legacy
Four popes and two queens of France came from the house; the line ended in 1743 with Anna Maria Luisa.
Evidentiary standard
Family fortunes are only recorded where a named wealth desk publishes a standing family-level estimate; the source and valuation date are shown with the figure. Houses whose assets are held through charitable trusts, foundations, or sovereign vehicles carry no figure, because no verifiable personal total exists. Lineage entries are limited to publicly documented family members.